MSI B350 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A34)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 77%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 61%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics98.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7A34
MotherboardMSI B350 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A34)  (all builds)
Memory11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180927
Uptime1.8 Days
Run DateNov 15 '18 at 22:16
Run Duration209 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU0%
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 PC Performing as expected (60th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 3 1300X-$102
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
76.3% Very good
Memory 77.4
1-Core 118
2-Core 235
79% 143 Pts
4-Core 431
8-Core 451
58% 441 Pts
64-Core 456
28% 456 Pts
Poor: 46%
This bench: 76.3%
Great: 77%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34
Performing below potential (26th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
98.6% Outstanding
Lighting 126
Reflection 140
Parallax 132
102% 132 fps
MRender 110
Gravity 126
Splatting 102
91% 113 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 98.6%
Great: 110%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$40
440GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 87 77 83 77 103 MB/s
Performing below expectations (25th percentile)
70% Good
Read 160
Write 146
Mixed 102
SusWrite 83.5
91% 123 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 1.1
204% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 50%
This bench: 70%
Great: 108%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown BLS4G4D240FSC.8FBD2 BLS4G4D240FSC.8FBD BLS4G4D240FSC.8FBD2 BLS4G4D240FSC.8FBD 16GB
2667, 2667, 2667, 2667 MHz
4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
96% Outstanding
MC Read 37.7
MC Write 34.3
MC Mixed 33.5
100% 35.2 GB/s
SC Read 22.7
SC Write 33
SC Mixed 27.7
79% 27.8 GB/s
Latency 85.4
47% 85.4 ns
Poor: 70%
This bench: 96%
Great: 96%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical B350 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A34) Builds (Compare 217 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 46%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 42%
Speed boat

Motherboard: MSI B350 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A34)

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 90% - Outstanding Total price: $361
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